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As a group, the directors are responsible for wisely steering TFN. Directors meet regularly to discuss issues, to delegate tasks, and to make policy decisions. They also each undertake various tasks between meetings, such as administrative chores, research into issues, drafting of proposals, etc. Directors are not paid.
If you want to be a director, please be prepared to commit 16 or more hours per month on TFN business.
Directors must attend board meetings, they must read in advance the materials to be discussed at those meetings, they must keep up with email messages on the board's mailing list, and they must undertake at least one additional ongoing volunteer task at TFN.
The frequency of board meetings and the amount of preparatory reading and research depend on TFN's situation. In times of need, directors must undertake large and urgent workloads. In calm times, directors undertake work to buttress TFN against future needs. Between the 2009 and 2010 AGMs, there were 15 board meetings. They lasted from half an hour to 5 hours; 2 hours on average. Preparatory readings were usually 2 printed pages, occasionally 30 pages.
The TFN board consists of 8 directors, whose terms are staggered. Directors normally each serve a three-year term. Every year, the seats of 3 directors come up for election (only 2 seats every third year). Directors are free to run for re-election.
As we approach this AGM, the board has only seven directors — one seat remained vacant from a past AGM. The terms of two directors are scheduled to end at the 2015 AGM. The terms of three additional directors were scheduled to end in 2014 but, because no AGM took place that year, those directors have continued to serve. These seats must be filled too.
Thus, at the 2015 AGM, 6 seats are available — for the following terms:
Directors whose terms were meant to end at the 2014 AGM:
Directors whose terms are ending on schedule at the 2015 AGM:
Directors whose terms are continuing until the 2016 AGM:
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